• DocumentCode
    1145131
  • Title

    Scanning photoluminescence technique to determine the phase of the grating at the facets of gain-coupled DFB´s

  • Author

    Adams, David M. ; Cassidy, Daniel T. ; Bruce, Douglas M.

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Technol. Lab., Nortel Technol., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1237
  • Lastpage
    1242
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a rapid, nondestructive scanning photoluminescence (PL) technique for the determination of the phase of the grating at the cleaved or coated facets of “in-phase” gain-coupled distributed feedback lasers. The measured phases of the grating at the cleaved facets of a bar of lasers are found to be consistent with experimental measurements of laser performance
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; laser variables measurement; optical couplers; optical scanners; photoluminescence; semiconductor lasers; cleaved facets; coated facets; gain-coupled DFB laser facets; grating phase; in-phase gain-coupled distributed feedback lasers; laser performance; nondestructive scanning photoluminescence; scanning photoluminescence technique; Distributed feedback devices; Etching; Gratings; Helium; Intensity modulation; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Phase measurement; Photoluminescence; Quantum well lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.517024
  • Filename
    517024